Obituaries

Marlin Benjamin Schlenker
Apr 19, 2012
Marlin “Swede” Benjamin Schlenker, 50, of Rigby, died Wednesday, April 19, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born May 4, 1961, in Jamestown, North Dakota to Benjamin A. Schlenker and Betty Widmer Schlenker. He was raised and attended schools in Jamestown. On August 27, 1983, he married Tammy Lynn Robbins in Afton, Wyoming. To...
Molly Jean Widerburg
Apr 15, 2012
Molly Jean Widerburg, 85, of Rigby, passed away Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. She was born February 12, 1927, in Rigby to Harlen Later and Leonore Rebecca Stahl Later. She was raised and attended schools in Rigby, graduating from Rigby High School in 1946. On December 27, 1945, she married Jack Homer McAllister, they later...
Josefina Marmolejo Caudillo
Apr 14, 2012
Josefina Marmolejo Caudillo, age 75 of Rigby, died at her home Saturday, April 14, 2012. Josefina was born March 11, 1937 in Romita, Gto. Mexico a daughter of Atilano Marmolejo and Loreto Chavez. She was raised in Romita, Mexico and on August 29, 1957 she married Manuel Caudillo in Romita, Gto., Mexico. They moved to Shelley in March of 1978...
Gary V. Ashbocker
Apr 8, 2012
Gary V. Ashbocker, 79, of Lewisville, passed away Sunday, April 8, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center, surrounded by his loving wife and family. He was born in Archer, Idaho to Albert and Louise Ashbocker on March 31, 1933. He enjoyed the time he spent working the family farm with his 3 brothers and 2 sisters. He attended school...
Helen Hayes
Apr 7, 2012
Helen Durrant Hayes, 90, of the Ririe and Rigby, Idaho area, died Saturday, April 7, 2012, at the Life Care Center in Idaho Falls. She was born February 8, 1922, on Butler Island near Ririe, Idaho to John Roland Durrant and Sadie Geneva Radford Durrant. She attended schools in Ririe, graduating from Ririe High School and was a lifelong resident...
Rachel Annette Olsen
Apr 6, 2012
Rachel Annette Olsen, age 41 of Rigby, died Friday, April 6, 2012 at her home with her parents by her side. She was under the care of Solace Home Health. Rachel was born November 24, 1970 in Provo, Utah, the oldest child of Joseph Brent and Rebecca Mary Totten Olsen . She is survived by her parents and siblings: Mary...
Yvonne May
Apr 4, 2012
Yvonne May, 69, of Dubois, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born May 17, 1942, in Jackson, Wyoming to Hirva James Clark and Virginia Henniger Clark. She was raised and attended schools in Jackson Wyoming. On February 13, 1961, she married the love of her life and lifelong companion...
Harvey Groth
Apr 3, 2012
John Harvey Groth, 83 of Ririe, died peacefully, Tuesday, April 03, 2012, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He was born December 29, 1928, in Banning, California to John Raymond Groth and Lela Maud Park. He was raised and attended schools in Ririe, graduating from Ririe High School. He served honorably in the US Army with rank...
Donnetta Fisher Merrill
Mar 24, 2012
Donnetta Fisher Merrill, 94 of Idaho Falls, formerly of Annis, died Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Turtle and Crane assisted living center in Idaho Falls. She was born March 1, 1918 in Annis, Idaho to Hyrum James Fisher and Artemissia Clark Fisher. She was raised and attended schools in the St. Anthony area. On July 27, 1935 she married Eldon...
Penny Linne Buckland
Mar 21, 2012
Penny Linne Buckland Dilworth, 62, of Idaho Falls, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born April 5, 1949, in Carey, Idaho to Melvin Reed Dilworth and Val Jean Draper Dilworth. She was raised and attended schools in Idaho Falls. Penny loved children and ran a day care center in her...
Francisco Lazalde
Mar 18, 2012
Francisco Lazalde Chihuahua, 86, of Idaho Falls, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2012. He was born October 5, 1925, in Sain Alto, Zacatecas, Mexico to Macario Lazalde and Andrea Chihuahua. He was raised in Mexico and on February 1, 1948, he married Maria C. Lazalde in Sain Alto, Mexico. He moved to Rigby in 1966 and was one of the...
Brian Blaine Rumsey
Mar 18, 2012
Brian Blaine Rumsey, 23, of Rigby, passed away March 18, 2012, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was born October 4, 1988, to Michael and Tammie Rumsey in Murray, Utah. Brian spent his first year and half in Utah. In 1990 Brian moved with his family to Rigby, Idaho. He attended school there, graduating from Rigby High School...
Deward Charles Jensen
Mar 16, 2012
Deward Charles “D.C.” Jensen, 94, of Ogden, formerly of Idaho Falls, died Friday, March 16, 2012 in Ogden, Utah. He was born February 2, 1918, in Burton, Idaho to Charles Jensen and Grace Elizabeth Larsen Jensen. He served in the U.S. Army from 1936 to 1939. On October 15, 1940, he married Velda Selma Searle in Rigby, Idaho; their marriage...
Lloyd Ray "Dutch" Hicks
Mar 14, 2012
Lloyd Ray “Dutch” Hicks, 71, of Garfield and Grant areas, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center following a short, but fierce battle with cancer. Lloyd was born May 2, 1940 the third of 5 sons to Lee and Elva Brown Hicks. He attended school in Rigby and later pursued certificates and degrees in Mechanical...
Leroy Carl Gould
Mar 9, 2012
On the 19th of April 1950 a son was born to Carl and Dorothy Gould. They named him LeRoy Carl. He grew to be a young man whose family moved several times. Starting at Idaho Falls to Ucon, Idaho and when he was in the 3rd grade the family moved to Menan, Idaho out in the country in a two...
Mary Pieper
Mar 9, 2012
Mary Olsen was born in Brigham City, Utah, on November 27, 1915—the 5th child of 9—to Rupert and Genevieve Olsen. She passed away on Friday, March 9, 2012, at her home in Rigby, Idaho. Mary contracted typhoid fever as a young child and was very ill for many weeks. She attended schools in Brigham City and graduated from Box Elder...
Gail Darlene Linger
Mar 6, 2012
Gail Darlene Linger, 59 of Terreton, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at her home, surrounded by her family. She was born January 31, 1953, in Rigby to Carl Edward Linger and Audrey Louise Smith Linger. She attended West Jefferson schools, and graduated from West Jefferson High School in 1971. Gail worked as a baker for Smith’s Food King and...
Bertha Anna Mackenzie
Mar 3, 2012
Bertha Anna Jenkins Robison Mackenzie, 97, of Rigby, passed away March 3, 2012 of cause’s incident of age. She was born December 2, 1914 in Vernal, Utah to Joseph Jenkins and Hannah Cook Jenkins. On November 25, 1933 she married Thomas Robinson. They were blessed with three children. Tom passed away June 1, 1954. She later married Kenneth Mackenzie and...
Laree Gail Anderson
Mar 2, 2012
LaRee Gail Anderson, 70, of Rexburg, passed away Friday, March 02, 2012, surrounded by her family, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. She was born November 7, 1941, in Rexburg, Idaho to John Henry Hope and Thora Evelyn Taysom Hope. She was raised and attended schools in Rexburg. On November 14, 1959, she married R. G. Monk...
Keith Harold Smout
Feb 28, 2012
Keith Harold Smout, 62 of Rigby, died Tuesday, February 28, 2012, in Dilley, Texas from injuries sustained in a semi-truck accident. He was born May 29, 1949, in Rigby, Idaho to Loy James Smout and Velma LaRae Freeman Smout. He was raised and attended school in Ririe. He married LaRae Purser Jackson; together they had a son and a daughter;...
